Oh. Hello There!

[ladychi]

Were you guys, uh... waiting for me to show up? *cough

Comments

[onlyobsess]

You know what Doctor Who really, really needs? Women on staff. Someone to advocate and stand up and say, "You don't just accept that your child is going to be a psychopath -- you don't not mourn their loss all the time. It would be pressing. It would matter, and it doesn't matter that this is a children's show, because I think we should show children that they are important, and that they would be missed if they weren't around."

THIS THIS AND MUCH MORE OF THIS. Everyone that I talk to seems to just shrug off so much of Moffat's lack of sensitivity towards other human beings. I cannot.

[ladychi]

I am by no means a Moffat-hater -- I tend to like his concepts for plots and appreciate his monsters so long as he is not expected to develop them -- which is, I feel, a pretty consistent disappointment to me. I do, however, feel like he gets a "pass" a lot of the time as far as basic human emotion because people go "Oh, but that's so clever." To each their own, I suppose, I'm just hyper-sensitive to the fact that most of his insensitivity is to the women of his scripts. *shrug*

[jaradel]

I can't help but think that if Julie Gardner were still involved with Who, that LKH (and, to a greater extent, the River Song story arc) might have played out much differently.

I think there is a better way to work back to the plot point of River killing the Doctor (which I think we all suspected she'd done anyway 'round about The Time of Angels) without having some new, never-before-seen nemesis of the Doctor brainwash his companions' daughter into killing him when she was, what, 6 years old? I get timey-wimey and all that, but really - it just feels like Moffat is indulging some sadistic streak with this storyline. I'm also afraid that he's painted himself into a corner with the death of the 1100-year-old Doctor in April 2011, and that he's going to do some shit retcon to get himself out of said corner before the season is over.

[ladychi]

Yeah, I'm not really understanding the point of all of this -- what's been done to River is really horrifying and no one is acknowledging that.

I don't know. It just bothers me.

[chloris]

"Let's Kill Hitler" was, you know, about what I'd expect from a Moffat episode: It was a hot mess.

Heh. That was how I started my review of the episode the first time I tried to write it up before we lost power for a few days.

Here is my favorite description of Moffat's episodes (from tardis_stowaway

Let's Kill Hitler basically threw together a handful of shiny and wonderful things, a handful of total fail, and a few random plot elements from Moff's idea notebook that he hadn't found a way to include anywhere else. Then it stuck it all in a blender until it became a lumpy slurry of the wonderful and the infuriating and tried to pour the mixture into a too-small container.

[ladychi]

That quote is very, very apt. I congratulate her on articulating what I've struggled to find (nice) ways to say.

[wendymr]

Your description of what current DW needs is so, so accurate. Admittedly, I don't care for the current team anyway, with the exception of Rory, and I watch episodes trying hard not to expect to dislike them - but even with that preconception I've been astounded at the assumption that parents who've had their newborn baby kidnapped will just carry on as if nothing's happened

[ladychi]

but even with that preconception I've been astounded at the assumption that parents who've had their newborn baby kidnapped will just carry on as if nothing's happened.

Yes, this basically. I mean -- come ON. Surely there are parents on set? I don't know -- I understand the desire to have a fun show, but then this shouldn't be your plotline of choice.

Thanks for the luck-wishing! The interview went well. I should know by the end of next week.

[jaradel]

Good luck on the interview!

I pretty much agree with your assessment of "Let's Kill Hitler". I don't get how Amy (and Rory of course, but mostly Amy) isn't more upset about their baby being missing, and then finding out that she was programmed to kill the Doctor. *shakes head* If I think too hard on it my brain hurts. I will say this, though - Alex Kingston looks like she had a LOT of fun with the episode, and I am still happy that she is involved with DW. I know I've said this before, but her ass-kicking River Song is such a welcome change from her long-suffering Elizabeth Corday.

[ladychi]

I think Alex Kingston is absolutely having a blast -- and I can't blame her, she's got some of the more fun moments of the series thus far.

Thanks for the luck-wishing! It went well. I should know by the end of next week!

[greyorm]

Good luck with the novel! Glad to hear you're still pumping away at it!

[ladychi]

Thank you!